Acting President of Ukraine and Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksandr Turchynov has said that a Ukrainian helicopter has been shot down near the town of Sloviansk (Donetsk region).

As a result, 14 servicemen, along with General Volodymyr Kulchytsky, were killed.

"Recently I received information that the terrorists shot down our helicopter, due to Russian man-portable SAM weapon, with 14 servicemen and General Kulchytsky on board, who were killed" Turchynov said at a parliamentary sitting on Thursday.